The show will go on…

Smiling through the rain: TV presenters Mary Berry and Alan Titchmarsh launched the first RHS Chatsworth Flower Show.

THE RHS has confirmed that the Chatsworth Flower Show “will run well into the future” – despite a series of problems in the inaugural event last month.

The Preview Day was brought to a premature end on the Tuesday by the high winds and heavy rain – and severe traffic congestion on the first public days, the Wednesday and Thursday, saw hundreds fail to even make the show. Those who did faced appalling weather on the Wednesday, as well as long queues to get into the show – although the traffic situation, and the weather, improved markedly for the closing days of the show…